(1) The Defense Ministry, based on the recommendations made
by the commission of advisors of U.S. Military Forces, has ordered the Restructuring of
Military Intelligence at all levels.

(2) In the face of escalating terrorism by armed subversion, the
National Government decided to support the Military Forces with extraordinary resources,
authorizing the creation of Mobile Brigades and increasing the intelligence capability of the
Military Forces.

3. IMPLEMENTATION

a. General Mission

The General Command of the Military Forces will immediately assume the direction and
coordination of the organization of urban and rural intelligence networks of the three
branches of the Military Forces to increase their intelligence capability.

b. Specific Missions

(1) Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

(a) Supervises the implementation of this Order.

(b) Coordinates as necessary to ensure that in the
implementation of this Order timely and efficient
support is provided by those agencies of the State that
are involved in the procedures

to acquire the needed resources and supplies.

(2) Deputy Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Supervises the resources allocated by the National Government to organize and operate the
networks.

(3) Department D- I JCS

(a) Coordinates with the Forces and consolidates the needs for
personnel.

(4) Department D-2 JCS

Coordinates all aspects of the organization, instruction, outfitting, and operation of the
intelligence networks of the three Forces.

(5) Department D-4 JCS

(a) Centralizes the equipment needs of the networks.

(b) Ensures that all procedures for the acquisition of supplies are
carried out without delay, maintaining contact with various State agencies to ensure they
proceed swiftly.

(6) National Army

(a) Organizes fifteen Urban Intelligence networks, each

with three Officers, five Non-commissioned Officers, five Control Agents,
and twenty-five Intelligence Agents.

(b) Organizes fifteen Rural Intelligence Networks, each with three
Officers, four Non-commissioned Officers, ten Control Agents and fifty Intelligence Agents.

(c) These networks will be directly linked to the Intelligence
Battalions of the BR-20, but they will provide direct support to the Divisions and Brigades.

(d) Orders the acquisition of all elements required to activate the
networks, such as:

(b) The networks will be directly linked to National Navy Intelligence, but
will be under the operational command of the Naval Forces or the Naval Infantry Brigades.

(8) Air Force

(a) Organizes five Airport Intelligence Networks with three Officers, five
Non-commissioned Officers, and twenty-five Intelligence Agents.

(b) Organizes two Rural Intelligence Networks with three Officers, four
Non-commissioned Officers, and sixty Intelligence Agents.

(c) The networks will be directly linked to Intelligence, but will provide
direct support to the Air Force Units designated by the Commander.

c. Instructions on Coordination

(1) Personnel Management

(a) The study, selection, instruction, training, location and
organization of these networks, urban as well as rural, will be covert and under the
responsibility of the Division and Brigade Commanders, or their equivalents in other forces, and the
Network Commanders.

(b) The Division and Brigade Commanders, based on their
knowledge of the jurisdictions assigned, are to propose
a list of candidates, whether civilians or retired military personnel, for integration
into the network cadre.

(c) To ensure compartmentalization, instruction and training should be in person
and supported by written texts which shall be returned once the process has been
completed.

(d) The analysis of the area to be covered and the
objectives contained in it should make it possible to
establish the targets and the technique to use.

(e) The Intelligence Battalion Commanders will be under
the operational command of the Division Commanders and their intelligence
networks. Although the intelligence networks are part of the Intelligence Battalions,
they will be under the operational command of the Brigades or their equivalent in
the other Forces.

(f) The administration of the networks will be covert and
compartmentalized allowing for the necessary flexibility to cover targets of interest.

(g) The Network Chief should establish mechanisms of
communication with the Unit supported so as to guarantee the timely supply of
information and intelligence at every level.

(h) Once this report is received, the Military Forces are to
begin a study to select and recruit the personnel needed as well identify the areas
where these networks will operate.

(i) The members of the network should avoid going to military
installations. Contacts and exchanges should be secret and always directed by the Brigade
Commanders and Commanders of Tactical Units or their equivalents.

(2) Handling of Funds

(a) Funds for monthly expenditures incurred by the networks
will be provided by the General Command to the respective Forces. Control of the funds
will be the responsibility of the respective Directors of Intelligence of each Force.

(b) The procedures to legally account for funds allocated for
Classified Expenditures shall be pursuant to the procedure set forth in Order No. 011/89 on
Classified Expenditures and Circular No. 1275/91, Instructions on Classified Expenditures.

This scheme is as provided for in the Standing Order on Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence
200-3/87, Chapter III, "ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS."

(d) The funds for the Army will be distributed as follows:

- From the Armed Forces General Command to the Army Command (DINTE)

- From the Intelligence Directorate to the Twentieth Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence
Brigade.

- From the Twentieth Brigade to the Intelligence Battalions

- From the Intelligence Battalions to the networks.

In the case of a very large payment for information, over and above the sum allocated for
each network, a request should be directed to the Intelligence office of the respective Force.

(e) For the National Navy and Air Force, the funds shall be distributed as follows:

- From the Armed Forces General Command to the Intelligence Directorate

- From the Intelligence Directorate to the Network Commands.

(3) Network Management

Personnel

(a) Network Chief

The Network Chief is in charge of administering the network's human and material resources,
as well as organizing, directing, and orienting the search effort, consistent with the missions
assigned or that may arise in light of the specific problem in a given area.

Characteristics:

Active-duty officer with broad knowledge of the area, of the problem, ability to make
contact with persons in the zone, and to maintain a facade. In addition, he organizes and
operates the network.

He determines targets of interest to Military Intelligence that are to be covered in his area,
engages in analysis, and evaluates the information gathered. He provides the relevant information to
the Brigade and Division Commanders in a timely, clear, and accurate fashion.

He establishes coordination and control mechanisms to receive and disseminate the
information. He opens accounts to receive the funds earmarked for managing the network.

He provides direct support to the Divisions and Brigades

and their respective equivalents regarding the information, and
supervises the Area Chiefs.

(b) Area Chiefs

The Area Chiefs are Intelligence Agents with the experience required to be accountable for a
specific sector of the critical area and to manage the Control Agents required to cover that
area.

Characteristics

Area Chiefs should be retired or active-duty Officers or Non-commissioned Officers, and
should have a cover, a false identity, a vehicle, and a pre-established communications
system; they should also be located at an easily accessible site, and should establish
mechanisms to make contact with the Control Agents. An Area Chief could also be a civilian
with training and influence who is trustworthy.

Each Area Chief will ensure that the Control Agents do not know one another, and will keep
the Network Chief informed through secret mechanisms; if the importance of the
information so warrants, he will meet personally with the Network Chief.

He must be familiar with his area and establish the different targets as well as their priority.
He assigns the Control Agents the places where they are to recruit informants.

They undertake concise analysis, and evaluate the information before passing it on to the
Network Chief

(c) Control Agents

The Control Agents are directly under the Area Chief, and are to be civilians or retired non
commissioned officers with some experience and certain qualities.

They are in charge of covering the targets; they manage and direct the search effort of the
Intelligence Agents.

They are in direct contact with and come directly under the Area Chiefs.

(d) Intelligence Agents

Insofar as possible they should be retired Noncommissioned Officers trained to handle
informants, process information, and to pass it on through the Control Agent in a timely
fashion.

They should have detailed knowledge of the area, its population, problems, and the
operational situation.

(e) Informants

They provide information on topics of interest to Military Intelligence and in general they
are not members of the Institution.

Informants' duties:

- To obtain information on the assigned target.

- To pass on to the Intelligence Agent the respective information about his target, in timely,
accurate, and clear fashion.

- To ensure the greatest possible degree of compartmentalization with respect to the persons
with whom he lives.

Bearing in mind that there are different classes of informants, insofar as is possible they will
be recruited informants.

This is in view of the fact that recruited informants yield better results, since they are
selected, recruited, oriented, and directed by an Intelligence Agent in their search for
information.

Techniques for recruiting an informant:

To recruit an informant, the following techniques should be taken into account and followed
step by step; this will guarantee the quality of information to be collected. These steps are:

- Preliminary study

- Initial contact

- Cultivate and develop the contact

- Orientation and training.

Causes for dismissing an Intelligence Agent:

- Violation of security

- Fraud

- Incompetence

- Breaking the law

- Considerations of force majeure

- Unknown whereabouts

(f) Rural Network

The operation of this network in terms of personnel should be similar to that of the urban
network. Measures should be taken to ensure that the physical appearance, dialect, and
customs

are similar to those of the area in which the intelligence activity is being carried out.

(4) Miscellaneous Aspects

(a) In recruiting informants their access to information should be taken into account;
one must avoid insofar as possible being guided by friendship, familiarity,
camaraderie, etc.

(b) It is important to avoid visits by the Control Agents and the Informants to the
place of residence of the Network Chief; the established channels should be used
for any communications among them.

(c) It is to be emphasized that the networks should be managed covertly, adopting
the approach that an intelligence network requires.

(d) The orders and guidance on intelligence should not be drawn up in writing.

(e) Urgent recruitment of informants should be based on quality
and not quantity.

(f) The Control Agents should maintain permanent contact with
their informants, and should do their utmost to avoid making sporadic visits.

(g) Specific missions should be determined for each of the
informants, based on knowledge of and access to the target of interest, as well as their
training and experience for such purpose.

(h) One should not promise what cannot be done or what one has no
intention of doing.

(i) There should be no written labor contracts with the informants or
with any civilian member of the network, nor should any be entered into.
Everything should be done orally.

(j) Under no circumstance shall written confirmation be issued attesting
to anyone's employment by the Intelligence Agencies.

(k)Upon recruiting an informant, the Ministry of Defense shall not acquire
any labor-related or legal liabilities.

(1) Experience has shown that on some occasions it is more advisable to
pay for information than to have fixed informants who ultimately become
information- peddlers, or produce little and poor-quality information, since
they receive a fixed salary.

(5) Administrative Aspects

The investment of resources requires careful logistical assessment and
methodical planning to ensure their use is optimal.

(6) System of Operation and Organization

(a)The rural networks of the Army, the National Navy, and the Air Force will operate
on the basis of critical areas, and their territorial placement and distribution will be
determined by the Division and Brigade Commanders or their equivalents based
on the existing situation.

In any event it is necessary for the rural network to be located in a well-defined
critical area under the responsibility of a Minor Operational Unit Command
to avoid duplication of effort.

(b) The National Navy may establish river networks in zones with rivers, in
addition to the rural networks assigned. Instructions should be issued to that
effect, including operational requirements.

(c) When a rural network is to be established, the critical area should first be
chosen; if it is very large, it is advisable to divide it into two sub areas, and to
place an Area Chief in each one. The Area Chiefs command the Control Agents,
who are located in the major municipalities of the area and in appropriate rural
sectors.

These Control Agents, in turn, command the Intelligence Agents, who in turn
control the informants.

(d) The urban networks of the Army are organized in intermediate-size cities and
capital cities so as to ensure a permanent flow of information about subversion.
Determining the areas and placement of the Control Agents within the city selected
is a responsibility of the Brigade and Division Commanders.

(e) The urban networks of the National Navy are organized around Ports, in that
their area of operations includes the shipping and fishing companies, dockyards,
and other official and private agencies that have to do with port activities. An effort
should be made to avoid the trend whereby these networks would be concentrated
in the city where the Port is located;

to the contrary, they should be distributed throughout the coastal
and riverine areas assigned.

(f) The urban networks of the Air Force are called airport networks and are organized
in the airports; their Control Agents cover the other airports of the area selected. Their
area of activity will be official and private air transport companies, both national and
foreign, pilot clubs, pilot schools, maintenance shops, tourism companies, and in
general all organizations that have to do with air traffic. Special attention should be
given to the control towers and to operation of the airport; but measures should be
taken to ensure the network's coverage is not limited exclusively to airports.

(7) Command and Communications

Omitted.

(8) Inspections and Regulation

a) Based on the timetable established, the organization of urban, rural, port, and airport
intelligence networks should begin to operate in the second half of 1991. For this reason,
the Commanders of the respective Forces schedule inspections during this period, and
the General Command will verify the instructions contained herein on the following dates:
Last week of August and last week of October.

b) Guided by the instructions contained in this Order, the Commanders of the respective
Forces are preparing instructional primers on network organization, training, management,
and operation, as follows:

- National Army: rural and urban networks

- National Navy: river and port networks

- Air Force: airport networks

This regulation should be sent to the General Command 3008:00 APRIL-91

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General LUIS EDUARDO ROCA MAICHEL
General Commander of the Military Forces

ANNEX: "A" Organization and Outfitting of the Urban and Rural Networks.